Friday, November 4, 2011

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam was renowned in his own lifetime for his scientific knowledge, but nowadays he is better known for his poetry in The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ( first published in 1859).Omar Khayyam Born in Nishapur, Persia, Omar Khayyam was well educated and one of his first works was an influential piece on algebra. After a pilgrimage to Mecca, the religious capital of the Muslim world, Omar Khayyam became astronomer to the sultan, and revised the Muslim calender.